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British online and land-based gaming giant William Hill is reportedly set to challenge previously announced government plans that will see operators levied with a 15 percent point of consumption tax from the end of 2014.
According to a report from The Telegraph newspaper, London-based William Hill has asked its lawyers to prepare an argument against the policy, which was first announced in March as a way to capture duty from offshore operators taking wagers from UK-based punters.
The newspaper reported that lawyers have already warned the government that the proposed plan would be illegal under European law as it could restrict the free movement of goods and services for tax purposes.
“The current duty regime for remote gambling introduced by the last government was levied on a ‘place of supply’ basis,” Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, told the House of Commons in March.
“This allowed overseas operators to largely avoid it and much of the industry has, as a result, moved offshore. Ninety percent of online gambling consumed by our citizens is now supplied from outside the UK and the remaining UK operations are under pressure to leave.
“This is clearly not fair and not a sensible way to support jobs in Britain. So, we intend to introduce a tax regime based on the place of consumption, where the customer is based, not the company.”
The plan from Osborne will also see the rate of duty charged on machines played in betting shops increased to 20 percent of net takings, which will replace the amusement machine licence duty and the value-added tax (VAT) previously paid by betting shop operators.
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